Improvement in bed-bottoms



"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. Y HOMEB -GAYLOBD AND WILLIAM H. GAYLOBD, OF OTTUMWA, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.` 149,738, dated April 14,1874; application filed October 23, 1873. v

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we, Home GAYLORD and WILLIAM H. GAYLORD, of Ottumwa, in the county ot' Wapello and in the State of Iowa,

have invented certain new and useful Improve,

lnents in Bed-Bottoms; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification. v

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a spring bedbottom, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of our bedbottom. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of one end of the same, and Fig. 3 shows an enlarged modiiication of a part thereof.

A A A represent three bars running longitudinally in the bedstead and secured at their ends to cross-bars B B. Upon each of the bars A are secured the lower ends of a series of springs, O O. Across each of these three rowsv of springs is stretched a chain, D, the ends of which are fastened to the cross-bars B B by-means of screws a c. To the chains D D are secured the slats Gr G.

This bed-bottom is put up in the following manner: The bars A and cross-bars B are put together with screws, and staples bb are inserted in the bars A A at proper places, but

not driven quite up. The slats are attached` to the chains by means of staples d d, as shown in Fig. l, or by passing the slats through links of the chains, as shown in Fig. 3. The springs O are then run through the links of the chains in their proper places, and also through staples e e in the slats. The slats and springs are then laid on the bottom bars A A and the springs turned one-half farther around, which' will permit the lower ends of the springs to enter the staples b b, when all the staples are driven in tight, the chains drawn to their proper tension, and fastened to the cross-bars B B by screws a c. l

Inr shipping, the s prings can be bundled t0- gether, as also the bottom slats and crossbars, and the top slats with the chains rolled up, so that with some certain marks and directions given any person can put them together.

The slats and the chains form a perfect elastic, iiexible, and uniform yielding surface, adapting itself to the shapeof the body, and the chains prevent the slats from sagging down between the springs. The slack of the chains can be readily taken up as the springs become weak by the screws c a.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, in a spring bed-bottom, of a series of springs, O O, and a metallic chain, D, drawn over the springs to support .the slats, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination ofthe frame AB, springs C, metallic chains D, and slats G, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we

have hereunto set our hands this 26th day of September, 1873.

HOMER GAYLORD.

' WILLIAM H. GAYLORD.

Witnesses l W. J. MITCHELL, S. R. MITcHnL. 

